DISINTER


Meaning of DISINTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsɪntɜ:(r) ]

( disinters, disinterring, disinterred)

1.

When a dead body is disinterred , it is dug up from out of the ground.

The bones were disinterred and moved to a burial site.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

2.

If you disinter something, you start using it again after it has not been used for a long time. ( HUMOROUS )

...the trend for disinterring sixties soul classics for TV commercials.

VERB : V n

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